Cheering crowd and arena camera get Obamas to kiss
There's nothing like a little booing to help the first couple overcome their shyness.
90-year-old Maine man skydives for first time
A Maine man who learned how to use a parachute as a Navy pilot during World War II has finally made his first jump - at age 90.
Lester Slate of Exeter jumped out of a plane for the first time on Sund
Clinton’s calls fall flat in Egypt political fight
The head of Egypt's military took a tough line on Sunday on the Muslim Brotherhood, warning that he won't let the fundamentalist group dominate the country, only hours after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged him to work with Egypt's elected Islamist leaders.
Blackberry maker loses patent suit over software
A federal jury in San Francisco has found beleaguered Blackberry maker Research in Motion Ltd. liable for $147.2 million in damages for infringing on patents held by Mformation Technologies Inc.
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LA bear who became Twitter star back in wild
A bear which became a minor star in Los Angeles, with over 24,000 Twitter followers, was returned to the wild on Sunday after being found asleep in a tree, officials said.
The bear was nicknamed 'Gle
Serena wins at Stanford in final Olympic tuneup
Serena Williams has spent most of her career matching - and often breaking - older sister Venus' records. After tying Venus for the most WTA Tour titles among active players, there's little left for h
Stephen Covey, ‘7 Habits’ author, dies at 79
Stephen R. Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, has died in Idaho three months after a serious bicycle accident in Utah.
Unrelenting Obama jabs at Romney’s job record
An unrelenting President Barack Obama jabbed at Mitt Romney's record with a private equity firm in an ad Saturday that aimed to keep his rival on the defensive just as the Republican challenger's campaign hoped to take advantage of poor economic data to gain an edge on the incumbent.
British newspaper demands it simply stop raining
Just. Stop. Raining.
Police kill rampaging chimpanzee after Las Vegas escape
Authorities say they had no choice but to kill one rampaging chimpanzee and tranquilize another after the primates escaped a Las Vegas-area backyard and tore through a neighborhood, pounding on cars a